Back in my day, we had secret agent decoder rings-- kinda like what that annoying kid got in A Christmas Story... in the age of the internet... There's decoding and encoding available for you with a simple google search... if you know the key...
So - how to make a thread out of this...
Write a message/ask a question... and encode it here (
http://www.decodersite.com/)
Paste the message here... encoded... and leave a clue as to what the code that you used to encode it with...
The next person then has to guess the code - and go to the site and decode the message (they can paste the decoded message here... and then ask a new question... encoding it - and leaving a clue (unencoded) to guess the code.
Make sure you post what the code was so we can read the original message...
Ready? here we go...
The message:
{1J]Se3]Aw}IXSe]}V;3EX]USwJWXBSwiSXWXSeX%F)Se1TESw
G,)AwTAw}I)XBWjAw1P;XG!9MBSe3}Aw+J99AwUFSwBSwM3}U9
XAwUJ}Se,YAwYV@K;KSe,)AwTUSwMXTT}Se&TLXSe!]Aw}I3@L
SwK!]USwBSwC3};KKAw[PKK;SwX1TUSwB)XAwBP!)Aw+FX7F@W
Aw;MT@TJSev,J@ZAwTOB}I3@HSwG!@AwTOWSeVTOSwiSwD,&FJ
The clue: What lovely feature of flyman is he rather fond of showing?
(OK, so this is an easy one)